AsciLab speakers are about to launch

[tifune]

I’ll answer you after some calculations.

Sounds like you've been busy but any update? I'm also curious as to whether performance would be significantly impacted if the C8C+BX8C combo were setup like this W371 example (C8C view unobstructed, BX8C view obstructed).

https://dt7v1i9vyp3mf.cloudfront.net/styles/news_large/s3/imagelibrary/G/Genelec_8351B_W371A_05-4nW2Xvbj6PW0MtXs98orl_hJ2HtxfgtM.jpg

Any news on grille options?

 

[Richard G]

the C8C by themselves
It’s a long thread … could someone who knows where they are share (say the post number) of the latest/ final measurement graphs
I’ve scrolled through a few pages, but haven’t yet come across them.

Hopefully/ presumably including estimated in room response, H& V directivity and IMD at different sound levels.

Much appreciated

I imagine any further people new to the thread would find this very useful - if the first post is amended to include links to the measurements
Probably better still in a new thread specifically on the new flagships

 

[BillH]

the C8C by themselves
It’s a long thread … could someone who knows where they are share (say the post number) of the latest/ final measurement graphs
I’ve scrolled through a few pages, but haven’t yet come across them.

Hopefully/ presumably including estimated in room response, H& V directivity and IMD at different sound levels.

Much appreciated

I imagine any further people new to the thread would find this very useful - if the first post is amended to include links to the measurements
Probably better still in a new thread specifically on the new flagships

Page 102

 

[TubeNoob]

Sounds like you've been busy but any update?

Any update on grille options?

I saw somewhere back there will be an option for grilles for the ceramic midwoofers but not the 8 inch woofers

 

[Richard G]

Page 102

Thank you

For anyone else looking for them, on that page the measurements are spread over two posts, #s 2026 and 2029

 

[Chaos01]

For the C8C, only a grille for the midrange unit will be available as an option. There will be no grille for the 8.75" woofer drivers.

In the case of the S8C, which uses Purifi drivers, its performance is expected to be better than that of the C8C. However, whether it is “worth” the additional cost is subjective and depends on individual priorities, so it is difficult to give a definitive answer at this stage.

Hi AsciLab, do you think youre able to build a active A6B with cardioid pattern instead? That would make a little more Sense with the costs imho. And maybe you could get a little wider vertical Dispersion then with the c8c? So more like a Kii or Dutch&dutch Design. Would active woofers in the Side of the A6B or S6B instead of passives fit?
I guess i am Not the only one who got this question, right?
Have a nice Christmas time and good effort for 2026, it will be your year

 

[Richard G]

Hi Jinsung
I’m interested in buying the C8C‘s … but live in Australia where you don’t yet have a distributor - so for now could I buy them direct from you?
You have dealers in Taiwan (population 23 million) and Singapore (population 6 million). While Australia’s population is 28 million. Large enough that we warrant having a dealer, but expect that won’t happen overnight.
I’d like to take advantage of the lower prices until the end of this month.
Best Regards
Richard

 

[J0my]

Hi Jinsung
I’m interested in buying the C8C‘s … but live in Australia where you don’t yet have a distributor - so for now could I buy them direct from you?
You have dealers in Taiwan (population 23 million) and Singapore (population 6 million). While Australia’s population is 28 million. Large enough that we warrant having a dealer, but expect that won’t happen overnight.
I’d like to take advantage of the lower prices until the end of this month.
Best Regards
Richard

I am Australian, and I bought my C6B recently through the AsciLab website and had no issues with shipping or the order in general. From what I can tell most of the distributors they currently have had reached out to AsciLab directly to become distributors, not the other way around.

I can only really think of addictedtoaudio.com.au as being someone who could potentially be a distributor locally and it would take having potential customers reach out to Addicted to Audio to show there would be some demand for the products. AsciLabs production capabilities is still quite small and they can barely meet the current demand, it might not be in their interests to branch out so much just yet.

At least going directly through the AsciLab website works well and is a more then viable option for you ^_^

 

[Goldhamster916]

Hi AsciLab, do you think youre able to build a active A6B with cardioid pattern instead? That would make a little more Sense with the costs imho. And maybe you could get a little wider vertical Dispersion then with the c8c? So more like a Kii or Dutch&dutch Design. Would active woofers in the Side of the A6B or S6B instead of passives fit?
I guess i am Not the only one who got this question, right?
Have a nice Christmas time and good effort for 2026, it will be your year

Hi AsciLab, do you think youre able to build a active A6B with cardioid pattern instead? That would make a little more Sense with the costs imho. And maybe you could get a little wider vertical Dispersion then with the c8c? So more like a Kii or Dutch&dutch Design. Would active woofers in the Side of the A6B or S6B instead of passives fit?
I guess i am Not the only one who got this question, right?
Have a nice Christmas time and good effort for 2026, it will

I would immediately buy a cardioid S6B when the cost is somewhat lower then what is teased for the S6C

 

[Richard G]

I am Australian, and I bought my C6B recently through the AsciLab website and had no issues with shipping or the order in general. From what I can tell most of the distributors they currently have had reached out to AsciLab directly to become distributors, not the other way around.

I can only really think of addictedtoaudio.com.au as being someone who could potentially be a distributor locally and it would take having potential customers reach out to Addicted to Audio to show there would be some demand for the products. AsciLabs production capabilities is still quite small and they can barely meet the current demand, it might not be in their interests to branch out so much just yet.

At least going directly through the AsciLab website works well and is a more then viable option for you ^_^

Thanks for letting me know. I will

Tho’ a pair of C6B’s weigh ~ 17 kg, while a pair of C8C’’s come in at ~ 50 kg (plus packages) …

I would have thought that they would be possibly be around a dozen suitable major Australian importers/ hi-fi retailers who handle higher quality speakers. And probably a third, a half or more of them might not carry a range from another manufacturer with much similarity or overlap in their products

 

[berjine]

Hi AsciLab, do you think youre able to build a active A6B with cardioid pattern instead? That would make a little more Sense with the costs imho. And maybe you could get a little wider vertical Dispersion then with the c8c? So more like a Kii or Dutch&dutch Design. Would active woofers in the Side of the A6B or S6B instead of passives fit?
I guess i am Not the only one who got this question, right?
Have a nice Christmas time and good effort for 2026, it will be your year

I don't really see the point of an A8C, A6B brings lower distorsion and better low-end compared to C6B because of the better woofer, but on the C8C the pair of ceramic woofers seems to do a fantastic job in terms of distorsion

The S8C will bring the Purifi tweeter to the table, and ultimate bass with the BX10C's 4x10", clearly a class above

But a single purifi woofer wouldn't really bring anything besides increased cost, unless you are just interested in a slightly more compact form-factor ?

I agree that the vertical dispersion can appear tight but it should still be confortable in practice, at minimum it's around +-15° (30° total)

 

[kharan]

I don't really see the point of an A8C, A6B brings lower distorsion and better low-end compared to C6B because of the better woofer, but on the C8C the pair of ceramic woofers seems to do a fantastic job in terms of distorsion

The S8C will bring the Purifi tweeter to the table, and ultimate bass with the BX10C's 4x10", clearly a class above

But a single purifi woofer wouldn't really bring anything besides increased cost, unless you are just interested in a slightly more compact form-factor ?

I agree that the vertical dispersion can appear tight but it should still be confortable in practice, at minimum it's around +-15° (30° total)

With regards to be pair of ceramic woofers being low distorsion, that's because the C8C has two of them, hence they are each playing at a lower SPL, and both of them are high-passed between 100 and 200 Hz, they are not tasked to play the lower registers of bass.

IMHO, the performance level that a cardioid with a single 8" Purifi driver would bring is already covered by the existing C8C, but it would offer a different directivity vertically. I think there would be an interest in the product, but I don't see Ascilab developing it as it is too much overlap.

I think a regular woofer-tweeter plus side drivers cardioid design like the Kii Seven would find some success, but I'm not sure basing it around an 8" Purifi would be the best choice, after all, we do have the side woofers to handle deep bass.

The narrowness of the vertical dispersion isn't an issue, I've listened to more narrow vertical dispersion and it's an advantage in most cases. The caveat is that those were Perlistens. They maintain a narrow dispersion vertically from the low midrange to the high treble, they have near textbook narrow vertical dispersion. C8Cs have a big vertical flare around 1-3 kHz, I cannot say whether that will be an issue or not without hearing them. I can see why some people would feel more reassured with a more classic design.

 

[nullname]

Can you tell me about the crossovers and amplifiers for the c8c?

do tweeters, mid woofers, and low woofers get different amplifiers? If so do you use active analog, or dsp crossovers?

what kind of crossovers do you use (e.g. Linkwitz-Riley) and what slope / order are they? where do they crossover at hp and lp?

 

[AsciLab]

Can you tell me about the crossovers and amplifiers for the c8c?

do tweeters, mid woofers, and low woofers get different amplifiers? If so do you use active analog, or dsp crossovers?

what kind of crossovers do you use (e.g. Linkwitz-Riley) and what slope / order are they? where do they crossover?

CO is 1200Hz and 150Hz.
It is complex crossover, not just simple LR filter.

All the channel is DSP amp. There is no analog crossover. 250W for SW and MW, 100W for TW.

 

[essence]

I see your S6B has sold out domesically in kr, I am hoping the international stock lasts a bit longer...

 

[davidgale]

I cannot decide which model to buy: F6B or C6B. I want to replace my Kef LS50 Metas because without a subwoofer they lack any serious low end. And, adding a subwoofer is not an option for many reasons which I am not going to discuss here. My hope is that with Ascilab I can get if not "full" then significantly "fuller" freq response. On paper, the difference in low end freq response does not seem too big between these two models. The question whether there will be any audible difference in low end response? Difference large enough to justify almost +300 EUR price difference? I don't care about power handling capabilities (small room) or distortion (I doubt I will hear it).

 

[Matias]

I cannot decide which model to buy: F6B or C6B. I want to replace my Kef LS50 Metas because without a subwoofer they lack any serious low end. And, adding a subwoofer is not an option for many reasons which I am not going to discuss here. My hope is that with Ascilab I can get if not "full" then significantly "fuller" freq response. On paper, the difference in low end freq response does not seem too big between these two models. The question whether there will be any audible difference in low end response? Difference large enough to justify almost +300 EUR price difference? I don't care about power handling capabilities (small room) or distortion (I doubt I will hear it).

Not the answer you want to hear but imo get the A6B and you will get very deep bass extension. The problem is $$$... But "buy once, cry once" as they say.

 

[Chaos01]

I cannot decide which model to buy: F6B or C6B. I want to replace my Kef LS50 Metas because without a subwoofer they lack any serious low end. And, adding a subwoofer is not an option for many reasons which I am not going to discuss here. My hope is that with Ascilab I can get if not "full" then significantly "fuller" freq response. On paper, the difference in low end freq response does not seem too big between these two models. The question whether there will be any audible difference in low end response? Difference large enough to justify almost +300 EUR price difference? I don't care about power handling capabilities (small room) or distortion (I doubt I will hear it).

Wait for the A6B
The C6B makes Sense of you want less distortion at loud levels around 96db.
If you only listen around 86db, the F6B should be ok.
The C6B digs a little deeper 3 to 5 db maybe.
You get what you pay for

 

[Purité Audio]

The bass extension of the A6B is really initially surprising and exceptional, a two-way compact just shouldn’t have the extension or headroom it has.
Really worth considering if for whatever reason you can’t accommodate subs.
Keith

 

[Matias]

My speakers use the same Purifi woofer + PRs, and after 2 years the honeymoon phase should have been over by now. But still every time I sit and listen to them, the bass extension and clarity still amazes me to this day!